Public health reports five outbreaks of scabies in Huesca province in one week

He Epidemiological bulletin of Aragonupdated this Thursday, five outbreaks recorded scabies (scabies) in the province of Huesca, three of them in residential centers and the other two in health centers, identified at the University Hospital of San Jorge in Huesca and at the Provincial Hospital of Sagrario Corazon in the same city.

According to Public Health, such cases were known in week 24, from June 10 to 16. In the affected premises, as indicated in the document, recommendations for case management and carry out preventive treatment in the rest

exposed residents and workers while implementing environmental measures to contain outbreaks.

As HERALDO reported this week, workers at the center say the scabies infestation in San Jorge was discovered on the fifth floor of the hospital’s internal medicine and digestive care facility and in the emergency room.

Union CSIF demanded an extraordinary convening of the Labor and Industrial Safety Committee. that explanations are given about the number of sick employees, their origin and the treatment provided to infected personnel, as well as their follow-up.

Scabies can affect anyone, but it isnursing homes, care centers and prisons where it can cause serious outbreaks as it is spread by close skin-to-skin contact and is a vulnerable population. In Aragon, 189 outbreaks were reported between 2010 and 2019, with an increasing trend to a maximum of 57 outbreaks in 2019. In one of the cases, the death of an elderly person occurred (in this case it was Norwegian scabies).

Measles case

On the other hand, the Epidemiological Bulletin also mentions a confirmed imported case of measles in the province of Zaragoza. Near unvaccinated 10 year old child with a trip to Romania

during the incubation period. The patient’s condition is favorable, and appropriate preventive and control measures have been taken. This week’s public health theme focuses on the implications for Spain of rising cases and outbreaks of the disease around the world and in Europe.

From the end of 2022 increasing number of measles cases and outbreaks worldwidewhich continued to grow throughout 2023 and 2024. In the European Union, 10,887 cases of measles were reported between April 2023 and March 2024, of which 8,783 were confirmed.

Romania is the worst-affected country, with 80.5% of cases reported.. Spain has been in measles elimination since 2016, and national vaccination coverage is over 90% with two doses and 95% with 1 dose. In 2023, 14 confirmed cases were reported, and from January to June 11, 2024, the number of cases increased to 106. 21 outbreaks were reported in 11 autonomous communities; In 10 of them, transmission was detected in health care settings.

It can be foreseen, reports the Epidemiological Bulletin, that the likelihood of infection of the population living in Spain with the measles virus, within the country or in the context of international travel, will increase at this time. Cases and outbreaks are expected to continue to emerge. among a population lacking immunity against the disease